Suggested Website Links

Organisations

• Parapsychological Association
  The Parapsychological Association is the main professional body for academic psi researchers. The site provides links to Frequently Asked Questions, members’ pages, journals, and other online resources.
• American Society for Psychical Research
  Provides information about the ASPR and its publications.
• Parapsychology Foundation
  Provides information about the PF’s publications as well as educational and funding opportunities in parapsychology.
• The Society for Scientific Exploration
  The SSE is dedicated to "the study of all questions that are amenable to scientific investigation without restriction". The site includes information about the Society, meetings, and the Journal of Scientific Exploration.

Online Experiments

• Psi Quiz
  Test your ESP and your knowledge of the paranormal at the same time!
• Got PSI?
  Includes some interesting psi tests. If you have the time, complete the questionnaires as well.
• Garden of Dreams
  A suite of ‘relaxing’ psi-based tasks designed to test your ‘intuitive’ ability. Enjoyable way of passing the time when you’re avoiding studying!

Parapsychology Research Groups

• Boundary Institute
  Includes links to on-line articles, general information about psi, and links to other websites.
• Global Consciousness Project
  A project led by Dr Roger Nelson at Princeton University, these pages provide background information, links to data, and publications. The project raises very interesting questions about the possible ‘non-locality’ consciousness.
• Koestler Parapsychology Unit (University of Edinburgh)
  Provides background information about research at the unit, as well as a comprehensive set of links to other websites.
• Rhine Research Centre
  Provides information about educational opportunities, the Journal of Parapsychology, and links to other sites.
• Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
  The APRU is mainly involved in examining the ways in which psychological and physical factors might combine to give the impression that a paranormal event had occurred when, in fact, it had not. The site gives background information about the unit, publications, events, and links.
• Division of Personality Studies (University of Virginia)
  This research unit, led by Professor Ian Stevenson, has a special interest in studying the evidence for survival after death. For example, their research examines reports of children who claim to remember previous lives, near-death experiences, apparitions, after-death communications, and deathbed visions.

Journal Papers Available Online

• Bem, D. J. & Honorton, C. (1994). Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 4-18. [html file]
• Hansen, G. P. (1992). CSICOP and the skeptics: An overview. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 86, 19-63. [html file]
• Schmidt, H. (1987). The strange properties of psychokinesis. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1. [html file]
• Smith, M. D. (1999). Educating parapsychologists. Journal of Parapsychology, 63, 235-246. [pdf file]
• Utts, J. M. (1991). Replication and meta-analysis in parapsychology. Statistical Science, 6, 363-403. [html file]
• Williams, C. (1996). Metaphor, parapsychology and psi: An examination of metaphors related to paranormal experience and parapsychological research. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 90, 174-201. [pdf file]
• Williams, C. (preprint). Metaphors: A meaning-oriented approach for parapsychology.  Later version was published in JSPR (Williams, C.  (2008) Conceptual metaphor: A meaning-oriented approach for parapsychology.  Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.  72, 892, 129-145.) [pdf file]
• Williams, C. & Dutton, D. (1998). Metaphors and lay theories of psi experiences. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 92, 53-69. [pdf file]

Other Useful Websites

• Charles Tart's site
  Professor Charles Tart is one of the most prolific researchers in parapsychology and transpersonal psychology. His website includes information about his own research plus useful links to other sites. There is also a link to The Archives of Scientist's Transcendent Experience (TASTE), where scientists are encouraged to share their own experiences. It makes interesting reading!
• Psychic Science Site maintained by Dr Mike Daniels (Liverpool John Moores)
  Contains some online experiments, and a comprehensive list of links to other sites (including journals, research centres, skeptics groups, etc.)
• Parapsychology Information
  These pages provide a comprehensive list of links to research centres and organisations.
• Survival Science
  Essentially a links page relating to research examining the evidence for survival after death.
• Intute academic search site
  general link for Psychology resourches online